Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Budget
• Education
• Health
• Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Qualitative and quantitative study of speech, language and hearing for First Nations, Inuit and Metis populations. Seeking funding for Qualitative and quantitative sstudy of speech, language and hearing for First Nations, Inuit and Metis populations. Source of funding to be determined.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Changes to the Current Hazardous Products Act for Noisy Toys. The current Hazardous Products Act bans toys emitting noise levels exceeding 100 dB. Canadian Association of Speech Language and Audiology Canada (CASLPA) would like this legislation changed to 75dB.
• National Concussion Strategy-The need for a national strategy on concussion and the role of SAC's member profession.
• National Seniors Strategy-to discuss the role of communication health professionals in a national seniors strategy.
• Taxation and Finance - Changes to the disability tax credit for hearing including advocacy to amend the Income Tax Act.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

• Guidelines for Children's Hearing Health- National guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention.
• National Autism Strategy-The need for a national strategy on autism spectrum disorder and the role of SAC's member professions in such a strategy.

Policies or Program

• Budget - include a national program that ensures universal access to newborn hearing screening and include programs to facilitate the early identification and intervention of speech and language disorders in young children.
• Health - to discuss improved policies around audiology benefits through the federal health care partnership Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Department of national Defense (DND) and Health Canada)
• Introduction of Acoustical Standards for Classrooms in Canada or adoption of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards (US).
• S-LP Services in Canada- need for a national study to better understand — and ultimately improve — the delivery of speech-language pathology services available to children and adolescents.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• National Defence (DND)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Senate of Canada
• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

Address:
1000-1 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, ON  K1N 7B7
Canada

Telephone number: 613-567-9968  Ext. 261